Eine Kongruenz für Gitter und ihre Anwendung auf 2k-Mannigfaltigkeiten in 4k-Mannigfaltigkeiten (Q799988)

The author deals with the application of certain invariants of quadratic forms to the study of involutions on 4-dimensional manifolds. Let B(x,y) be a unimodular, non-degenerated integral symmetric bilinear form and let \(\mu_ w\) be a function of a lattice L to \({\mathbb{Z}}/4{\mathbb{Z}}\) defined by \(\mu_ w(x)\equiv B(x,w)\)-B(x,x) mod 4. If we denote by \(K_{alg}(w)\) the Brown generalization of the Kervaire invariant and by \(\sigma\) the signature we have \(B(w,w)-2\sigma (L)\equiv 2\quad K_{alg}(w)\quad mod 16.\) From this one can deduce that under special restrictions on the element w one has \(B(w,w)\equiv 2\sigma (L)\quad mod 16.\) Using this arithmetical result the author deduces several geometric corollaries, some of which could also be obtained by using the results of \textit{V. V. Nikulin} [Izv. Akad. Nauk SSSR, Ser. Mat. 43, 111-177 (1979; Zbl 0408.10011); translation in Math. USSR, Izv. 14, 103-167 (1980)] on polarized involutions, and he gives a new proof of a theorem of Rokhlin concerning complex M-manifolds.